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51 articles.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Where to go in Surabaya:

Where to go in Surabaya:Music and Entertainment * Hyatt Regency Surabaya, Jl. Jend. Basuki Rakhmat 106-128: - The Tavern Pub: Cosindos Band, daily except Sunday 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Hazztoria Band, live music performance on Sunday, 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Pakpahan disappointed with Soeharto's MPR speech

Pakpahan disappointed with Soeharto's MPR speech JAKARTA (JP): Jailed labor leader Muchtar Pakpahan expressed his disappointment yesterday with President Soeharto's accountability speech which he said neglected labor problems over the past five years.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Stock prices down 3% on IMF concerns

Stock prices down 3% on IMF concerns JAKARTA (JP): Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) failed to sustain early gains yesterday as heavy selling hit the market before the close of trading.The JSX Composite Index dropped 3 percent to close at 502.91 from 518.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Dollar rate for reforestation fees raised

Dollar rate for reforestation fees raised JAKARTA (JP): The government has increased the dollar rate for reforestation fees imposed on timber companies to Rp 5,000 from Rp 3,000 due to a continued drop in the country's currency.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Stocks an option during high inflation

Stocks an option during high inflationBy Reiner Simanjuntak JAKARTA (JP): The current uncertainty and looming hyperinflation in Indonesia's economy demands investors to be especially shrewd in assessing investment risk, fund managers have warned.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Soeharto's challenge

Soeharto's challenge Historians 50 years hence will undoubtedly view President Soeharto's ascension to power in 1965 as a turning point in the fortunes of Southeast Asia. When he first took office, seven in 10 Indonesians lived in absolute poverty.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on March 4, 1998: Shares Close Change Trading Volume -------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/ROC is Taiwan

ROC is Taiwan Thank you for publishing my letter in your newspaper on March 2, 1998. But I am afraid the title for my letter may be even more confusing than Andrew Higgins' article.The Republic of China (ROC) is the official name for Taiwan.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Minister says 'D&R' cover degrading

Minister says 'D&R' cover degrading JAKARTA (JP): Information Minister R. Hartono blasted Detektif dan Romantika (D&R) weekly magazine yesterday for portraying President Soeharto on the magazine's cover this week as the king of spades.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/On self-control

On self-control In the context of the current monetary crisis that has led to a national economic crisis, many informal leaders have asked the people to exercise self-control and patience. They have also appealed to the people not to be incited into rioting.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/'Tajuk' biweekly magazine relaunched

'Tajuk' biweekly magazine relaunched JAKARTA (JP): While most nationwide media companies are lamenting the impact of the prolonged economic crisis on their existence, PT Gema Juang relaunched yesterday Tajuk as a biweekly magazine.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Controversy continues over issue of ministers' wealth

Controversy continues over issue of ministers' wealth JAKARTA (JP): Assembly members dodged queries yesterday about whether members of the next cabinet should have their personal wealth audited before and after their term of office, with some saying the issue was entirely a matter for the ...

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/The art of staying awake

The art of staying awake JAKARTA (JP): After hours of meetings one really cannot blame Assembly members who doze off for a minute or two.Maybe her military training had something to do with it, but Lt. Col. Christina Rante Tana has her own special way to fight General Session-induced drowsiness.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Police find 13kg of ganja in a car

Police find 13kg of ganja in a car MEDAN, North Sumatra: Police detectives have arrested a 48- year-old woman who was caught red handed with 13 kilograms of marijuana in her car on Jl. Binjai here.North Sumatra Police chief Brig. Gen.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Honesty and crisis

Honesty and crisis On Feb. 14, 1998, at about noon, I was driving southward on Jl. Fatmawati when someone on a motorbike told me that the rear left tire was deflated. I was aware of what this motorcyclist would gain from this modus operandi. Yet I was not quite prepared for the move.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/PPP breaks ranks on Soeharto speech

PPP breaks ranks on Soeharto speech JAKARTA (JP): The United Development Party (PPP) withheld its endorsement of President Soeharto's leadership accountability statement yesterday, saying it would announce its stand after the final debate scheduled for Monday.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Two killed by man with sickle

Two killed by man with sickle JAKARTA (JP): A top police official has defended Tuesday's shooting of an allegedly insane man by security personnel.Two people were killed during the incident in Pulogadung, East Jakarta, and three others were wounded.According to city police chief Maj. Gen.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Sports needs special board, observer says

Sports needs special board, observer says JAKARTA (JP): A sports observer has urged the next government to set up an organization to handle the country's sports should the office of the sports ministry be combined with the education ministry.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Protest over milk prices turns sour as 3 face court

Protest over milk prices turns sour as 3 face court JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of people packed the public gallery at Central Jakarta District Court yesterday to watch the trial of three women who staged a peaceful protest last week over the rising price of milk.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Habibie-Soeharto proximity 'will change' RI politics

Habibie-Soeharto proximity 'will change' RI politics JAKARTA (JP): Should B.J. Habibie be elected vice president, his close ties to President Soeharto will change the country's political constellation, two observers believe.Constitutional law expert Mahfud M.D.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Mining companies poised to reap profits

Mining companies poised to reap profits JAKARTA (JP): Mining company shares remain attractive for investment despite gloomy prospects in other business sectors, say analysts.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Does Indonesia need new bankruptcy laws?

Does Indonesia need new bankruptcy laws?By Hafzan Taher and Ludo Mees JAKARTA (JP); A number of recent newspaper reports have suggested that the Indonesian government is preparing a new bankruptcy law to deal with the many business ventures rendered insolvent by the monetary crisis.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Artha Daya not to dominate coal sales

Artha Daya not to dominate coal sales JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Mines and Energy I.B. Sudjana has said that PT Artha Daya Coalindo would not monopolize sales of coal which the government receives from private coal mining contractors.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Tonton might cycle at Asiad: Sports council

Tonton might cycle at Asiad: Sports council JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council's 13th Asian Games task force is considering including Tonton Susanto in the quadrennial event in December in Bangkok.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Thai Boonchu bids for third London Myanmar Open title

Thai Boonchu bids for third London Myanmar Open title BAGAN, Myanmar (Agencies): Veteran Thai golfer Boonchu Ruangkit will literally walk with the gods should he be successful in the US$225,000 London Myanmar Open which tees off tomorrow at Bagan Golf Resort.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Govt plans to raise school exam fees

Govt plans to raise school exam fees JAKARTA (JP): The city office of the Ministry of Education and Culture plans to hike the fees for final exams and national final exams for all schools."We have proposed the hike to the governor.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Amalia learns the ropes

Amalia learns the ropes JAKARTA (JP): Being an Assembly member needs some courage, as Amalia Sianti Wiranto, at 21 the youngest People's Consultative Assembly member, has quickly found out.Among the "adversities" facing her is learning to cope with a barrage of questions from reporters.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Textile export earnings seen to drop about 35%

Textile export earnings seen to drop about 35% JAKARTA (JP): A shortage of raw materials may cause the country's textile export earnings to fall about 35 percent to US$4 billion this year from $6.2 billion in 1997, the Indonesian Textile Association has predicted.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/'Armful' box a big attraction

'Armful' box a big attraction JAKARTA (JP): A safe that security officers provided for General Assembly participants to leave their firearms in proved a huge attraction yesterday.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Student protests continue over prices and reforms

Student protests continue over prices and reforms JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of students again called on the government to lower the prices of daily essentials and accelerate political and economic reforms as a series of rallies in Java and Sulawesi continued yesterday.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Tarmizi leads prayer to wish haj pilgrims a safe journey

Tarmizi leads prayer to wish haj pilgrims a safe journey JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Religious Affairs Tarmizi Taher led a modest prayer here yesterday to wish Indonesia's haj pilgrims, who will start departing for Saudi Arabia tomorrow, a safe journey.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Talk Show 8:00 Breaking News 8:10 Music 9:00 Breaking News 9:10 Profile: Paket Profil Pembangunan 9:27 Music 10:10 Talk Show 10:40 Music 11:00 TVRI News 11:15 Music 11:40 Profile: Paket Profil Politisi 12:00 p.m.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Maker of fake drugs caught

Maker of fake drugs caught BANDUNG, West Java: Police have arrested a manufacturer and distributor of fake medicines, confiscating some 11 million pills and capsules as well as production equipment.Bandung Police chief Col.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/RI, U.S. armies hold joint exercise

RI, U.S. armies hold joint exercise JAKARTA: Fifty Indonesian Army engineers have been involved in a month-long joint exercise with nine special U.S. army personnel in Bogor, West Java, Antara reported yesterday.The exercise, which began on Feb.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Education too commercialized: PDI

Education too commercialized: PDI JAKARTA (JP): Escalating school fees are threatening the country's efforts to promote education for all, the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) warned yesterday.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Effective and efficient

Effective and efficient I am extremely concerned about the monetary upheavals and the economic crisis. Trillions rupiah from oil and gas, general mining, energy, forestry, estate crops, agriculture, taxes and foreign loans seem to have entered into chaos.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Feedmeal producers cut prices

Feedmeal producers cut prices JAKARTA (JP): The Association of Indonesian Feedmeal Producers said Tuesday that it had decided to reduce the price of feedmeal from the current Rp 1,850 (21 U.S. cents) per kilogram to Rp 1,600 per kilogram to help small-scale poultry farmers.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Impact of new rate

Impact of new rate Your Message from the Publisher on the front page a few days ago was indeed a sad announcement for me. I have no choice but to finally stop subscribing to The Jakarta Post when the new rate is applied.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Golkar officials against cabinet quotas

Golkar officials against cabinet quotas JAKARTA (JP): Two Golkar officials rejected yesterday a proposal that certain groups could ask for seats in the next cabinet.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Lamenting our education

Lamenting our education When Hong Kong-based Asia Magazine printed a list of the best Asian universities last year Indonesians were not offended to find their institutes of higher learning ranked below those of our neighboring countries.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Where to go in Bali:

Where to go in Bali:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition: Image Dance by Made Budhiana at Ganesha Gallery, Four Seasons Resort, Jimbaran Bay, Nusa Dua, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., until March 27. * Painting Exhibition: Ida Bagus Made, at Darga Gallery, Komplek Sanur Raya, No.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Habibie is news to some in his hometown area

Habibie is news to some in his hometown area JAKARTA (JP): B.J. Habibie's name may be on everybody's lips these days as the hot candidate for vice president, but in parts of his home province of South Sulawesi, many do not even know he has been nominated for the position.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Rights, poverty linked to bully developing nations

Rights, poverty linked to bully developing nationsBy Bharat Jhunjhunwala NEW DELHI (JP): There appears to exist a consensus that poverty is a denial of human rights. United Nations Development Program administrator Speth once said: "Freedom from poverty is a basic human right.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/The governor's new blazer

The governor's new blazer JAKARTA (JP): Attending the General Session is apparently not all work as some Assembly members were able yesterday to take time off to do some personal shopping.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Daido Steel

Daido Steel We read in The Jakarta Post, March 2, 1998, an news article (page nine) entitled Japan's Daido goes bankrupt.We have checked with our principal, Daido Steel Co. Ltd.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Golkar, ABRI push for extra presidential power

Golkar, ABRI push for extra presidential power JAKARTA (JP): The dominant Golkar and its main ally, the Armed Forces, are to ask the People's Consultative Assembly to pass a decree that will give extra powers to the next president.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Govt confirms end of Bulog monopolies

Govt confirms end of Bulog monopolies JAKARTA (JP): The government has asserted that it has abolished the monopolies of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog), except in rice, but that it would continue to subsidize prices of imported staples to ease the suffering of poor people.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/IMF-Plus: Crisis management

IMF-Plus: Crisis managementBy C.J. de Koning This is the first of two articles on the Indonesian financial crisis. JAKARTA (JP): In one of Asia's main languages the word crisis has two core elements: It constitutes a "threat", but also an "opportunity".

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Golkar tightens security measures at office entrance

Golkar tightens security measures at office entrance JAKARTA (JP): Dominant faction Golkar beefed up its security yesterday by placing metal detectors at the entrance of its office on the seventh floor of the People's Consultative Assembly building.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Exhibition frames Indonesian art through history

Exhibition frames Indonesian art through historyBy Chandra Johan JAKARTA (JP): It all began in the mid 1950s when the late art critic Kusnadi broached the need for a museum to present the journey of Indonesian art.

Thu, 05 Mar 1998

JP/Conversion Rates

Conversion Rates Jakarta (JP): Bank Ekspor Impor Indonesia's (Bank Exim) indicative conversion rates on March 4, 1998: Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 8,500.00 10,500.